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Nvidia has just released GeForce R304 beta drivers for Windows 7.

Versions compatible with Windows XP and Windows 8 will be also available soon, Nvidia said.

Performance Improvements

The GeForce 304.48 beta drivers include new performance optimizations
that give all GeForce 400, 500, and 600 Series users faster frame rates
in some of the most popular titles.

On the GTX 680 Nvidia measured gains of up to 17.6% in Batman: Arkham City, 12.4% in Dragon Age 2, 4% in Lost Planet 2, and 9.8% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

Detail Settings & Results:

Batman: Arkham City: 2560x1600, Very
High detail level, Tessellation High, PhysX Off, FXAA Very High.
Performance increased by 17.6% (17.1% with Tessellation and PhysX
disabled, 9.7% with PhysX High, and 7.5% with both Tessellation High and
PhysX High enabled simultaneously).

Using a second GTX 680 in SLI, we measured gains of up to 5.8% in
Batman: Arkham City, 15% in Dragon Age 2, and 6.4% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:
Call of Pripyat.

Detail Settings & Results:

Batman: Arkham City: 2560x1600, Very
High detail level, Tessellation High, PhysX Off, FXAA Very High.
Performance increased by 5.9% (5.5% with Tessellation and PhysX
disabled, 2.4% with PhysX High when using FXAA Very High, 4.3% with
PhysX High when using 4xMSAA, and 4% with Tessellation High, PhysX High
and FXAA Very High enabled simultaneously).

Dragon Age 2: 2560x1600, max settings, 4xMSAA anti-aliasing. Performance increased by 12.2%, and by 15% when anti-aliasing was disabled.

Using a second GTX 560 in SLI, we measured gains of up to 11.9% in Batman: Arkham Asylum, 5.2% in Battlefield 3, 6.1% in Dragon Age 2, 4% in Lost Planet 2, 5.3% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, and 7.9% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

Detail Settings & Results:

Batman: Arkham City: 2560x1600, Very
High detail level, Tessellation High, PhysX Off, 4xMSAA. Performance
increased by 11.9% (10.8% without Tessellation or PhysX, 4% with PhysX
High, and 5% with both PhysX High and Tessellation High enabled).

In addition to improving performance in the aforementioned titles,
the GeForce 304.48 beta drivers also fix a bug introduced by the latest
Shogun 2: Total War update that reduced frame rates by up to 60%.

User Experience Enhancements

When users
enabled FXAA globally they found that certain applications, like Windows
Live Mail, were being anti-aliased also, making text unreadable. To
rectify this issue Nvidia is now disabling FXAA?s use in the programs
identified.

On the GeForce GTX 670, 680 and 690,
some users identified an occasional micro-stutter when gaming with
VSync or Adaptive VSync enabled. Nvidia has introduced a fix that will improve the
smoothness of VSync gaming.

When using GeForce 3xx drivers and factory-overclocked
graphics cards from Nvidia's partners, some users received poor levels of
performance, a result of the graphics card?s clock speed being reduced
to idle levels. As with the VSync issue above, this problem is also
rectified by the new GeForce 304.48 beta drivers.

NVIDIA Control Panel Game Enhancements

With the release of the GeForce 304.48 beta drivers Nvidia is enabling NVIDIA Control Panel Ambient Occlusion support in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Multisampe Anti-Aliasing support in Diablo III, L.A. Noire, Rayman Origins, and The Secret World.

To enable MSAA in Diablo III, navigate to ?Manage 3D settings? in the
NVIDIA Control Panel, select the ?Program Settings? tab, select ?Diablo
III? in the dropdown, and customize the settings as shown in the
example below. If you cannot locate the Diablo III entry, click ?Add?
and navigate to the Diablo III .exe, located by default in C:\Program
Files (x86)\Diablo III.

New & Updated SLI Profiles

The new GeForce driver also includes new and updated profiles
for today?s top titles, increasing performance and unleashing the full
power of SLI systems.

F1 2011 - Updated profile

Final Fantasy XIV - Updated profile

PlanetSide 2

Saints Row: The Third - Updated profile

Spec Ops: The Line

Torchlight II

Tribes: Ascend

New & Updated 3D Vision Profiles

New and updated 3D Vision profiles are also included in the GeForce 304.48 beta drivers.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare - Rated Poor

Borderlands 2 - Updated profile with new convergence settings

Depth Hunter - Updated rating to 3D Vision Ready

Mass Effect 3 - Updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods

Max Payne 3 - Updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game
compatibility message to inform players to use DirectX 11, to disable
MSAA and use FXAA Very High instead, and to use SSAO instead of HDAO.

Street Fighter X Tekken - Rated 3D Vision Ready

The Walking Dead - Rated Good

Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters - Rated Good

Tribes: Ascend - Rated Fair

Fixed Single-GPU Issues

3DTV Play: Add support for the Vestel 42PF8219 display.

GeForce 500 series: Antialiasing from the NVIDIA Control Panel does not work when games are played at a 3DTV play resolution.